The 16th-ranked, 7-1 Creighton men’s basketball team takes on the 6-1 Nebraska Cornhuskers Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Devaney Center.

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Nebraska head coach Tim Miles caused a stir this past fall when he said, "We're the only show in the state."

Creighton will have something to say about that when the two teams renew their rivalry in Lincoln.

"Tim has offended me in much better ways than that before. No, Tim is a great guy, a great friend. I don't put much stock into that,” said Greg McDermott, Creighton head coach.

"If they come out and drill us, that would look really bad -- and that could happen; they are really, really good. That is a team of a lifetime. I am sure Greg is having a blast coaching them. That is the type of team he goes into the huddle and says, ‘Let’s do this,' and 'boom, boom, boom,’ and it looked like they have been practicing that for a month,” said Tim Miles, Nebraska head coach.

"I really didn't think much of it. He's just trying to get his fan base behind him, which is good. It's early. He's a first-year coach, and he's done a great job so far. We have a lot of respect for him, but that is something we keep in the back of our minds as we go into this game,” said Doug McDermott, Creighton junior player.

The game is not being televised, but it will be streaming on ESPN3.com.